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Sports Betting 101: Reading the Money Line

One of the most popular forms of sports bets is in the form of the money line.  Money line bets are also known as straight up bets and are simply bets that you place on the team that you believe will win the game.  You don’t have to worry about point spread odds for this [...]

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NBA Betting Tips – Tips to Get Started and Ready for the Season

NBA Betting Tips – Tips to Get Started and Ready for the Season

Basketball has a number of advantages for spectators and bettors alike, offering both excitement and widespread availability to games throughout the country on a regular basis during the season. In fact, when compared to other sports such as baseball, football or hockey, basketball offers a substantially greater sheer number of events throughout the year – [...]

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The unpredictability of sporting events

In sport there are very few cast iron certainties but there is one and this is that sporting events are far more unpredictable than what you think. Wherever you look then there are teams and competitors that were huge favourites that did not win for whatever reason. Why is it that huge favourites get beat [...]

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NFL Betting Tips – Getting Started with NFL Sports Betting

NFL Betting Tips – Getting Started with NFL Sports Betting

The NFL is by far the largest bet upon sport in the US, second only to soccer as the most bet upon sport in the world. Because of the large interest in the NFL as a sport for individuals around the world to wager upon, a substantial amount of information is available for individuals to [...]

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NASCAR Betting Tips

NASCAR Betting Tips

Just like any other sport, NASCAR wagering requires the same time and dedication you would need to give to other sports types in order to truly come out ahead when placing your money at the tracks. Knowledge truly is power in the hands of any sport wagering, and in a fast-paced sport requiring intense training [...]

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NFL Preview: Minnesota @ New Orleans

NFL Preview: Minnesota @ New Orleans

There’s always a great deal of hype for the first game of the NFL season, and this one, between the Minnesota Vikings and the Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints, just might actually live up to it all. The two teams meet Thursday night in New Orleans, in one of the loudest venues in the [...]

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Starting off with a Bang: First Week Football Betting Tips

It’s almost here: the 2010 NFL Football regular season. Have you been noshing your teeth, waiting for the real games to begin. While you’re waiting, here are a few tips you can try to make the first week of the season the best it can be. •    There’s No Place Like Home: It’s a season-long [...]

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Evaluating Preseason NFL Games

It happens every year. People risk their money on preseason game after preseason game, and they don’t understand when their supposedly iron-clad bets prove to be nothing of the kind. In short, when it comes to the NFL preseason, your best bet is to play it safe. Why? In the preseason, inconsistency is the name [...]

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General Tips for NFL Betting

The 2010 NFL preseason is nearly upon us, so it’s time to lay down a few ground rules to help you successfully navigate the crazy match-ups, wacky spreads and unforeseen injuries to come. 1.    Embrace The Home Underdog: It’s been proven time and again that a team playing at home and going against the spread [...]

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2011 NBA Finals Odds

2011 NBA Finals Odds

To no surprise, the odds for which team will win the 2011 NBA Finals is none other than the Miami Heat.  The Miami Heat signed three of the hottest free agents on the market this offseason – Chris Bosh, Dwayne Wade, and LeBron James.  James took his time deciding what to do even though the [...]

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